119th (2025–2027)
H.R. 9427
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the congressional watchdog agency, to study how artificial intelligence has affected American workers. The study must be completed within one year and will examine job losses and job creation resulting from AI technology, as well as how AI is being used to monitor and alter existing jobs, covering the period from November 2022 through the bill's enactment. The GAO will break down its findings by geographic location, industry, occupation, and worker demographics including race and sex to show how AI's workforce impact varies across different groups. The bill also requires the GAO to assess whether the federal government currently collects enough data and uses adequate methods to measure AI's effects on employment. This legislation does not specify direct funding amounts but tasks an existing government agency with producing a comprehensive report to help Congress understand the scope and distribution of AI's workplace impacts.